Ana Herrera
Ana Herrera | |
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.jpg) Herrara in 2023 | |
| Nationality | Ecuador |
| Occupation | politician |
| Known for | elected to Ecuador's 4th National Assembly |
Ana Cecilia Herrera Gómez is an Ecuadorian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Ecuador. She was re-elected in 2023.
Life
[edit]Herrera represents the province of Cotopaxi at the National Assembly of Ecuador. She occupies seat number 31.[1] In November 2021 she was one of the 81 politicians who abstained which allowed the Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability Law to be passed. Other abstainers included Gissella Molina, Dina Farinango and Patricia Sánchez.[2]
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In September 2022 the murder and presumed femicide of the lawyer María Belén Bernal gained international importance and the case was debated in the assembly[3] and mentioned in the United Nations.[4] Femicide in Ecuador is a problem and a specific offence which some believe is underreported in Ecuador.[5] A five-woman team proposed by Pamela Aguirre was appointed to oversee the investigation after the main suspect, a police officer, had fled. The team members were Ana Herrera, Mireya Pazmiño, Marjorie Chávez, Yeseña Guamaní and Amada Ortiz who was still an independent member.[6] Herrera was to lead the team with Guamani as the vice-president.[7]
The President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso brought in the constitution clause number 148 known as Mutual death in May 2023 when he knew that he was about to be impeached. This required all of the National Assembly members to stand for re-election.[8] Herrara and 67 others stood for re-election and she was one of the 43 re-elected later that year. The others included Pierina Correa, Paola Cabezas, Patricia Núñez, Sofía Sánchez, Gissella Molina and Patricia Mendoza.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "You searched for Ana Herrera". Observatorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Así fue la votación de la Asamblea que no dio paso al archivo de reforma tributaria, por lo que entrará en vigencia por ministerio de ley". El Universo (in Spanish). 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "María Belén Bernal: Ecuadorian authorities find body of missing lawyer". BBC News. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "A lawyer disappeared from a police academy. Her body was just found". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Femicide detectives: 'Counting bodies is the best place to start'". BBC News. 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "National Assembly 'embarks' in the Bernal case and legislators vie for prominence - 247 News Agency". 247newsagency.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Se inicia cuenta regresiva para investigación política desde la Asamblea Nacional del caso María Belén Bernal". El Universo (in Spanish). 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ Álvarez, Juan Pablo (2023-05-17). "What is cross-death, and what does it mean for Lasso in Ecuador?". The Rio Times. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "43 asambleístas que fueron destituidos lograron la reelección". Primicias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-18.